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Trail
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.
(2):
(v. t.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
(3):
(n.) Anything drawn behind in long undulations; a train.
(4):
(n.) Anything drawn along, as a vehicle.
(5):
(n.) A frame for trailing plants; a trellis.
(6):
(n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; - applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep.
(7):
(n.) That part of the stock of a gun carriage which rests on the ground when the piece is unlimbered. See Illust. of Gun carriage, under Gun.
(8):
(n.) The act of taking advantage of the ignorance of a person; an imposition.
(9):
(n.) Anything drawn out to a length; as, the trail of a meteor; a trail of smoke.
(10):
(n.) A track left by man or beast; a track followed by the hunter; a scent on the ground by the animal pursued; as, a deer trail.
(11):
(v. t.) To draw or drag, as along the ground.
(12):
(v. t.) To hunt by the track; to track.
(13):
(v. i.) To be drawn out in length; to follow after.
(14):
(v. i.) To grow to great length, especially when slender and creeping upon the ground, as a plant; to run or climb.
(15):
(v. t.) To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
(16):
(v. t.) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/trail.html. 1828.
